Saw SHIB pumping on Twitter. Found what I thought was the real contract on Telegram. Bought $800 worth. Turns out it was SHIB2.0 or some fake version. Lost it all when I tried to sell. Always verify contracts guys.

Everyone was talking about PEPE so I looked for early entry. Found PEPE2 with similar logo. Put in $1,200. Price went up 50% first day, then crashed to zero. It was a honeypot. Couldn't sell even when it was up.

Telegram group was shilling DOGEMAX. Said it was the next DOGE. Website looked professional, had roadmap and everything. Invested $950. Next week, website was down and Telegram deleted. Classic rug pull.

Got into SafeMoon v2 presale through Discord link. Looked official, had the same branding. Sent $1,500 in BNB. Presale 'ended' but never got tokens. Discord got deleted. Wasn't the real SafeMoon team.

Saw Baby Floki Inu trending on Twitter. Cute dog memes, active community. Bought $600 worth. Could see my balance growing but when I tried to sell, gas fees were $500+. Price dumped before I could get out.

Got DM about exclusive MATIC airdrop. Had to connect wallet to claim. Site looked like real Polygon. Connected wallet and approved transaction. They drained $1,100 worth of tokens from my wallet instantly.

Found a BAYC listed for 0.5 ETH on what looked like OpenSea. URL was opensea-nft.io instead of opensea.io. Bought it thinking I got a steal. Fake site, fake NFT, real loss of $1,800.

Saw news about Chainlink 2.0 token swap. Had to send LINK to get new tokens. Website looked official with Chainlink branding. Sent $1,350 worth of LINK. Never got new tokens back. Fake announcement.

Telegram bot said I had unclaimed UNI tokens. Had to pay $200 in ETH for gas to claim $2,000 worth. Paid the gas, never got the UNI. Bot disappeared. Should have known it was too good to be true.

Email said I could claim AVAX staking rewards. Had to connect wallet to avalanche-rewards.com. Site looked legit with official logos. Connected wallet, they took $900 worth of AVAX. Phishing at its finest.

Hyped NFT project on Solana. Mint was 2 SOL each, bought 3. Website crashed during mint, never got NFTs but SOL was taken. Project team vanished. Lost $750 to a fake mint.

New DeFi protocol on Cardano offering 200% APY. Seemed reasonable for new protocol. Staked $1,400 worth of ADA. After 2 weeks, tried to unstake. Smart contract was designed to lock funds forever.

Clicked link from Telegram for PancakeSwap. URL was pancakeswap-v4.org. Looked identical to real site. Swapped $1,050 worth of BNB for CAKE. Tokens went to scammer's wallet. Always check URLs!

BONK was pumping hard. Found BONK2 launching on Raydium. Aped in with $850. Price went up 300% first hour then crashed to zero. Couldn't sell due to liquidity issues. Classic pump and dump.

Got email about ETH 2.0 upgrade. Had to 'migrate' my ETH to new contract. Website had ethereum.org styling. Sent $1,600 worth of ETH for migration. Never got new ETH back. Fake upgrade scam.

Saw proposal to increase COMP rewards. Voted with my tokens on fake governance site. Site looked like real Compound. After voting, they drained my wallet of $1,250 worth of tokens.

Twitter ad said I could claim BLUR tokens. Had to connect wallet to blur-claim.xyz. Site looked official with Blur branding. Connected wallet, approved transaction. They took $980 worth of ETH.

Exclusive Decentraland LAND sale on Discord. Prices seemed reasonable. Bought 2 plots for $1,300 total. Never received the LAND NFTs. Discord server was deleted next day. Fake land sale.

Paid for early Sandbox alpha access. Website looked official, had Sandbox branding. Paid $700 for premium access. Never got access, website disappeared. Should have waited for official launch.

Special LTC halving event promotion. Send 1 LTC, get 2 back. Classic doubler scam but I was greedy. Sent $120 worth of LTC. Never got anything back. Fell for oldest trick in the book.

Fake parachain auction for new project. Had to send DOT to participate. Website had Polkadot styling and looked legit. Sent $1,450 worth of DOT. Project was fake, never existed.

New token launching on Cosmos. Presale through Telegram bot. Bot seemed official with good reviews. Sent $890 worth of ATOM. Bot stopped responding after presale 'ended'. No tokens received.

High yield NEAR staking pool advertised on Twitter. 25% APY seemed reasonable. Staked $1,100 worth of NEAR. Pool was fake, funds got drained after 1 week. Lost everything to fake staking.

New DeFi protocol on Fantom with 400% APY. Team was doxxed, had audit badge. Deposited $1,350 worth of FTM. After 3 days, protocol got drained. Audit was fake, team photos were stock images.

Email about XRP lawsuit settlement. Had to claim compensation by sending XRP to verify ownership. Seemed legit with legal language. Sent $650 worth of XRP. Never got compensation back.

Fake Algorand governance site offering double rewards. Had to connect wallet and stake ALGO. Site looked official with Algorand branding. Staked $1,200 worth. Funds disappeared overnight.